Wise Up

I've made a return to that Aimee Mann song. It's on my "Tunes of Inspiration" page. It reminds me of how important it is to me that I, as well as my friends and family, WISE UP! I've been talking with some of you guys about how much I am trying to seek a "truer" version of myself, how i've been slipping in recent years away from a guy that was so happy, so much fun, and enjoyed himself and others. I've slipped into a world of "success" and worldly, and at the same time have slipped into a world of the underground--hiding. I'm reading Ralph Ellison right now, and I am feeling a lot of connection to the Invisible Man. Dostoyevsky rings true in this same kind of invisibility. I'm trying to wise up a bit and become more visible.

One way in which I have been practicing this was on accident, but quite beautiful. Mitra and I returned to conversations of exploration and the meanings of life. It's been too long since we have just "wasted" the afternoon away playing with the possibilities. We were talking about how people seem to have an innate desire to be famous. We all want to be on the stage. To Shakespeare, all the world may have been a stage, but today our lives have become so private and secluded. As a result, we may be losing validation of our lives from other people. If we have this desire, and we don't fulfill it, what happens? Maybe having shows like "Idol" and other "reality" shows is a way to create a stage and thus fulfill that innate desire?? I don't know, but the point was that this blog has been a way to exist in the world and become less invisible with love for and connection to my friends and family. I am wising up.